Let me clarify something
If you read the headline on today's column -- which you can read right here -- you probably think I'm totally dismissing the possibility that the Ravens will be playing the Colts next week in the second round of the NFL playoffs.
I'm not really that negative about their chances of beating Tom Brady and the Patriots tomorrow. I did pick the Patriots to win, because I think that's what is most likely to happen, but the path to a victory for the Ravens is pretty simple. Put pressure on Brady and play mistake-free football. That's quite possible, but I still think the odds are slightly against them.
Just got into Providence and the weather is pretty similar to what I left in Baltimore. It might be a few degrees colder in Foxboro than in Baltimore, but I don't think the weather will be a deciding factor. If anything, it might be an advantage for the Ravens, if you can imagine what it might feel like to be stiff-armed by Willis McGahee on a 20-degree afternoon.
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Comments
Hey, Pete. Go ahead. You can change your pick. You can preface it with "Upon further review...."
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Pete's reply: If I change now, I've got a chance to be wrong twice. I'm rooting for you to be able to trash me after the game.
Posted by: Barry | January 9, 2010 5:43 PM
Deferring against the Pats would take a set.... Could set tone for entire game!
Posted by: wayne | January 9, 2010 5:48 PM
ban Wayne
Posted by: Anonymous | January 9, 2010 8:30 PM
keep Wayne
Posted by: doug | January 9, 2010 9:44 PM
ban people that ask for bans
Posted by: jason c in south fla | January 9, 2010 11:17 PM
Just wondering; did the Eagles blame the refs for their loss against the Cowboys? How about the Bengals; did they blame the refs for their loss to the Jets? Oh wait. it's only the Ravens and the purple kool aid drinkers who blame the refs for all Ravens losses. Why, if it wasn't for those damn referees our team would be 16-0 heading into the playoffs, right kool aiders? Even the partisan hacks at the Sun had to do a story on the crew that will officiate the game today. Bunch of whining fools. Believe it or not I am rooting for the Ravens; But I can't stand whiners and complainers. Just watch today when the Patriots win. All you'll read and hear will be about how the refs cheated the Ravens again. Win with class; lose with class.
Posted by: FACTOID | January 10, 2010 9:32 AM
ban people who want to ban people that ask for bans.
Posted by: free willie | January 10, 2010 9:34 AM
Ban tards that use names like Factoid (how original) and swear they are rooting for the Ravens while bashing real fans!!
Posted by: Henry in Rhode Island | January 10, 2010 11:59 AM